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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object Number:
1978.412.476
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Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Aken'ni Elao
English designation
Altar Tusk
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Provenance
Komor Gallery
Komor, Mathias
Museum of Primitive Arts, New York
Location
1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, United States
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Last Updated: 2021-07-30
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english
Object Number
object id
1978.412.476
Object Sort Number
object id
1978 412 476
Primary Rendition No
object id
DP110726
Title
designation
,
object type
Altar Tusk
Medium
material
Ivory
Dimensions
dimensions
H. 45 9/16 x W. 2 1/8 x D. 5 1/4 in. (115.8 x 5.4 x 13.3 cm)
Classification
object type
Bone/Ivory-Sculpture
Date
date made
18th–19th century
Geo: City
production place
Court of Benin
Geo: Country
production place
Nigeria
Credit Line
prior source
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1963
Provenance
provenance
[Matthias Komor, New York, until 1963]; The Museum of
Primitive
Art, New York, 1963–1978
Dynasty
reign associated name
Oranmiyan
Culture
ethnic attribution
Edo peoples
ExhibitionHistory
exhibition history
Design and Form in African Art Watkins Library, Trinity College, November 18, 1963–December 20,1963 Power, Fortune, Euphoria: Stones of Power/Gods of Fortune/Ritualsof Euphoria Museum of
Primitive
Art, March 6, 1974–September 8,1974
Bibliography
bibliography
Ross, Doran H. Elephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Culture. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1992.
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